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Enhancing Coordination in Humanitarian Operations in Asia

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  • Home
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • The Team
    • Our Partners
  • Projects
    • Project 1: Disaster Fundraising
    • Project 2: Analysis of HADR Landscape
    • Project 3: Knowledge Management for Continuity
    • Project 4: Blood Donation Management
    • Project 5: Material Convergence
    • Project 6: Last-Mile Problem
    • Project 7: Recovery Fund Allocation
  • Blogs & Updates
  • Contact
  • About NTU

We aim to make a Difference WHEN DISASTER STRIKES THE TIME TO PREPARE HAS PASSED. We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with Knowledge - Petra Nemcova

Disaster in Asia

Asia is the most disaster-prone region in the world, with four of the top 5 countries most frequently hit by natural disasters coming from Asia. Singapore, being a knowledge and logistics hub, is in a good position to help advance the humanitarian cause.

What’s Driving Us?

Our Mission

Through our research, we aim to provide hope in the way people cope with natural disasters in Asia. Specifically, we aim to better manage humanitarian operations through effective coordination of the various players and stakeholders.

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The NTU Team

We are scientists and researchers primarily based in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. We tap into today’s technology, latest scientific research, and best practices to help Asia cope with natural disasters, one research project at a time.

Meet the team

FEATURED POST

Power of the Crowd: Collective Voices in HADR

| By Christopher Chen | Information provided by affected citizens and community volunteers informs decision-makers of the realities on the ground. This crowdsourced data now plays an…

December 29, 2017Read More

LATEST POSTS

New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance – The Private Turn in Humanitarian Aid

New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance – The Private Turn in Humanitarian Aid

| By Jose Ma. Luis P. Montesclaros and Christopher Chen | To bridge funding gaps in humanitarian assistance, states will need to re-examine their roles, relative to the private…
New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance – Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid: Problem or Panacea?

New Trends in Humanitarian Assistance – Blockchain for Humanitarian Aid: Problem or Panacea?

| By Christopher Chen | A notable development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution is blockchain technology. Originally created as an alternative means of financial transfer, the…
CHOPED-Asia Sharing Session

CHOPED-Asia Sharing Session

| By Dr. Di Yin |   On the 13th of September 2018, amidst Typhoon Mangkhut ravaging the shores of Philippines, Hong Kong, and Southern China,…

  • In the recent decade, there has been an average of 388 natural disasters per year, costing US$156 billion in damages and 215 million victims.

    Annual Statistical Disaster Report

  • Change in the humanitarian system is urgently required and this change must be comprehensive and global. It must recognize not only the changing nature of crises, but also the changing landscape of development cooperation itself.

    Dr. Noeleen Heyzer - Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

  • China, the United States, the Philippines, Indonesia, and India constitute together the top 5 countries that are most frequently hit by natural disasters.

    Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2014 by CRED

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